Spend any time reading this blog, your impression may be that a Study Abroad semester is three month vacation, with weekly journeys to far-off destinations that inspire wonder and capture the imagination. I haven’t written a lot about the actual work of teaching academic courses here. Recounting my class lectures is decidedly less interesting than […]
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Today I finally got back to my Thames River Ramble! It felt good to be back in touch with the river, another “homecoming” of sorts after a week in Europe. Leg 7 began in Maidenhead and concluded at Staines-on-Thames, around 14.5 miles total. Between these two towns lies the historically significant towns of Windsor, Eton,
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It feels good to be home. That’s what we have taken to calling Oxford. Yes, Abilene is still technically home for us, but after a week travelling in mainland Europe, arriving back at the ACU house on Woodstock felt like returning to my comfort place. Others may feel differently, but I find traveling abroad to
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I’m too tired to upload pictures, so apologies to family hoping to see lovely pictures from our Fall Break trip. I promise a big upload is coming when our family is back in Oxford on Sunday. I’m sitting in our hotel room in Lucerne, Switzerland. I haven’t posted since my quick shot from Paris several
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Apologies to family and friends for the nearly week-long break I’ve taken on posting to the travel blog. This week was incredibly busy. In addition to my regular teaching, I attended the Oxford City soccer match on Tuesday evening, and Theo arrived in Oxford on Wednesday. I opted to postpone continuing my ramble in order
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Last Thursday I completed the sixth leg of my Thames River Ramble, a 15.4 mile journey from Henley-on-Thames to Maidenhead. After 6 legs, I have traveled from Oxford south as far as Maidenhead and north as far as Newbridge. I’ve completed approximately 80 miles of the 184 mile Thames River Path. The next two weeks
